US tightens security on student visas after marathon bombing

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Azamat Tazhayakov, left, who is in custody, returned to the US without a valid visa, it is claimedAP

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Protesters outside the funeral home where Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is being heldJESSICA RINALDI

David Rankin

Last updated at 9:20AM, May 4 2013

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered border agents to begin
verifying visas for every international student arriving in the country, the
first change in policy since the Boston Marathon bombing.

The procedure, ordered by a senior official at US Customs and Border
Protection on Thursday, was the first major security change directly linked
to the April 15 bombing and comes after it was revealed one of the students
accused of hiding evidence, Azamat Tazhayakov, from Kazakhstan, may have
returned to the country without a valid visa.

Meanwhile, funeral arrangements are being made for bombing suspect Tamerlan
Tsarnaev, who died